Unlikely Theory #1103
Speculation on Doctor Who. Spoilers for the episode that aired/will air (depending on where you are) today.
Immediately after watching the episode, I...watched it again.
And immediately after that, I rewatched 'The Lodger'.
People seem to sort of gloss over that episode, but to me it's one of the most intriguing. Aliens were trying to build a TARDIS! How come people seem to just breeze past that. That's a big thing. Not only were they building a TARDIS, but they were using so much power that it messed up The Doctor's TARDIS.
Just in case anyone's still wondering why I'm blathering on about 'The Lodger'.
Now, at the end of 'The Lodger' the TARDIS-in-making flies off, but to where? Or when?
The part I feel confident about: The aliens in 'The Impossible Astronaut' are part of the same group of aliens as whatever was trying to build a TARDIS in 'The Lodger'.
The part that's more unlikely and will probably be proven wrong just like the rest of my theories: At the end of 'The Lodger', the ship had to fly off without a proper pilot, and landed in 1969 or somewhere near there. Ever since then, the ship's owners (the creepy aliens that look like what I'd expect a hoodless Dementor to look like) have been devising a scheme to lure The Doctor (the correct pilot) back to them.
What's more, these aliens are capable of producing images of their victims. The hologram in 'The Lodger' presented itself as at least one of its victims while trying to lure in a new one. Now there's the small girl in the astronaut suit, who seems to be the latest victim of these creatures. Currently, I'm assuming that she's some sort of projection that the aliens can use.
Now, taking it one step futher. Let's assume that the aliens are going to capture The Doctor. Then, they make use of his image, sending a convincing fake to 2011 and four unsigned invitations to The Doctor and his crew. They stage The Doctor's death in order to lure The Doctor to them in 1969 in a wibbly-wobbly-self-creating-paradoxy-timey-wimey sort of way. Once they've set the trap, they can then begin to use The Doctor for whatever else they want (probably in his role as "the correct pilot").
It's probably a crackpot theory, but hopefully there are some bits of right-i-ness in there. Time will tell.
ETA: These tidbits that may or may not support my theories.
1. "Rule one. The Doctor lies." -River in 5x13 'The Big Bang'-
2. The aliens can do some surface-level mind reading. (Knowing that people were named things like Joy and Amelia. Knowing that Amy was keeping secrets.) This could support my "The-Doctor-that-died-is-a-clone-we-only-have-a-guy-who-claims-to-be-Canton-'s-word-for-it-that-he's-not theory as this could explain how he was able to keep up with River's conversation about things in the diary.
3. River seemed a bit ill as well. A bit morning-sickness-y like Amy was. I think she and Amy may have both been impregnated (or tricked into thinking they've been) by the aliens somehow. (Although I kind of hope that doesn't play out in that way.)
4. My mom actually pointed out when I was discussing the episode with her (because my family's cool like that; just before my brother's wedding, he, his then-fiancé, my mother, and I all gathered round my laptop to watch the then-day's-old Doctor Who Christmas Special 'A Christmas Carol') that older-Canton's eyes are blue, but the younger one's appear to be brown. Could just be the perils of doing TV, but they could have maybe fixed that with contacts or in post-production. Maybe it was intentional and old Canton isn't actually Canton. (It's reaching, I know, but we've still only got his word for it and we barely know him.)
5. I've got 'A Useful Striker' stuck in my head and it's fabulous.
Immediately after watching the episode, I...watched it again.
And immediately after that, I rewatched 'The Lodger'.
People seem to sort of gloss over that episode, but to me it's one of the most intriguing. Aliens were trying to build a TARDIS! How come people seem to just breeze past that. That's a big thing. Not only were they building a TARDIS, but they were using so much power that it messed up The Doctor's TARDIS.
Just in case anyone's still wondering why I'm blathering on about 'The Lodger'.
Now, at the end of 'The Lodger' the TARDIS-in-making flies off, but to where? Or when?
The part I feel confident about: The aliens in 'The Impossible Astronaut' are part of the same group of aliens as whatever was trying to build a TARDIS in 'The Lodger'.
The part that's more unlikely and will probably be proven wrong just like the rest of my theories: At the end of 'The Lodger', the ship had to fly off without a proper pilot, and landed in 1969 or somewhere near there. Ever since then, the ship's owners (the creepy aliens that look like what I'd expect a hoodless Dementor to look like) have been devising a scheme to lure The Doctor (the correct pilot) back to them.
What's more, these aliens are capable of producing images of their victims. The hologram in 'The Lodger' presented itself as at least one of its victims while trying to lure in a new one. Now there's the small girl in the astronaut suit, who seems to be the latest victim of these creatures. Currently, I'm assuming that she's some sort of projection that the aliens can use.
Now, taking it one step futher. Let's assume that the aliens are going to capture The Doctor. Then, they make use of his image, sending a convincing fake to 2011 and four unsigned invitations to The Doctor and his crew. They stage The Doctor's death in order to lure The Doctor to them in 1969 in a wibbly-wobbly-self-creating-paradoxy-timey-wimey sort of way. Once they've set the trap, they can then begin to use The Doctor for whatever else they want (probably in his role as "the correct pilot").
It's probably a crackpot theory, but hopefully there are some bits of right-i-ness in there. Time will tell.
ETA: These tidbits that may or may not support my theories.
1. "Rule one. The Doctor lies." -River in 5x13 'The Big Bang'-
2. The aliens can do some surface-level mind reading. (Knowing that people were named things like Joy and Amelia. Knowing that Amy was keeping secrets.) This could support my "The-Doctor-that-died-is-a-clone-we-only-have-a-guy-who-claims-to-be-Canton-'s-word-for-it-that-he's-not theory as this could explain how he was able to keep up with River's conversation about things in the diary.
3. River seemed a bit ill as well. A bit morning-sickness-y like Amy was. I think she and Amy may have both been impregnated (or tricked into thinking they've been) by the aliens somehow. (Although I kind of hope that doesn't play out in that way.)
4. My mom actually pointed out when I was discussing the episode with her (because my family's cool like that; just before my brother's wedding, he, his then-fiancé, my mother, and I all gathered round my laptop to watch the then-day's-old Doctor Who Christmas Special 'A Christmas Carol') that older-Canton's eyes are blue, but the younger one's appear to be brown. Could just be the perils of doing TV, but they could have maybe fixed that with contacts or in post-production. Maybe it was intentional and old Canton isn't actually Canton. (It's reaching, I know, but we've still only got his word for it and we barely know him.)
5. I've got 'A Useful Striker' stuck in my head and it's fabulous.